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CELEBRATION OF THE SEMICENTENNIAL ANNI 
VERSARY OF THE ACT OF EMANCIPATION 



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THI-: COMMITTEE ON 
INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS 

♦ HOUSE OF EEPRESENTATIVES 

SIXTY-THIRD CONGRESS 
Second Session 

ON 

H. R. 15733 



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COMMITTEE ON INDUSTRIAL ARTS AND EXPOSITIONS. 
House of Representatives, 
sixty-third congress. 

EDWIN S. UNDERHILL, New York, Chairman. 

JAMES C. CANTRILL, Kentucky. RICHARD S. WHALEY, South Carolina. 

WILLIAM A. JONES, Virginia. FRANK P. WOODS, Iowa. 

COURTNEY W. HAMLIN, Missouri. JULIUS KAHN, California. 

JOSEPH A. GOULDEN, New York. WILLIAM KENT, California. 

THOMAS F. KONOP, Wiseonsin. ADDISON T. SMITH, Idaho. 

WILLIAM B. FRANCIS, Ohio. SAMUEL WALLIN, New York. 

LAWRENCE B. STRINGER, Illinois. IRA C. COPLEY, lUinois. 

John H. Gilmohe, Clerk. 



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CELEBRATION OF THE SEMICENTENNIAL ANNIVER- 
SARY OF THE ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 

Committee on Industrial Arts and Expositions, 

House of Representatives, 

Wednesday, May 27, 1914. 

The committee was called to order at 10.20 a. m., Hon. Edwin S. 
Underliill (chairman) presiding. 

The Chairman. This committee has been called together for the 
pur])ose of giving a hearing upon H. R. 1573.3, introduced by Repre- 
sentative Madden, of Illinois, and tlie bill is as follows: 

[A BILL Providing for the celebration of the semicentennial anniversary of the act of emancipation, 

and for other purposes.] 

Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States of America 
in Congress assembled, That whenever the President of the United States shall be 
satisfied that the Semicentennial American Emancipation Commission, created by 
an act of the Legislature of the State of Illinois, approved March twenty-seventh, 
nineteen hundred and thirteen, has made provision for an exposition to be held in 
the city of Chicago, State of Illinois, during the year nineteen hundred and fifteen, 
to illustrate the history, progress, and present condition of the negro race, and to 
celebrate the fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of emancipation by President 
Lincoln, on the first day of January, eighteen hundred and sixty-three, the President 
is authorized and respectfully requested to make proclamation of the time and pur- 
pose of such exposition and celebration, and of such other information in relation 
thereto as he may deem expedient. 

Sec. 2. That in furtherance of the object set forth in section one of this bill there 
is hereby appropriated, out of any money in the Treasury not otherwise appropriated, 
the sum of .$150,000, to be expended under rules and regulations to bb prescribed 
by the Secretary of the Treasury, and upon vouchers to be approved by him. 

Sec. 3. That the rules for the conduct of the business and affairs of the exposition 
shall be subject to the approval and control of the Secretary of Commerce, who shall 
exercise supervision over the exposition through such representatives of the depart- 
ment as he shall designate. 

The committee will now be glad to hear from Representative 
Madden. 

STATEMENT OF HON. MAETIN B. MADDEN, A REPEESENTA- 
TIVE IN CONGRESS FROM THE STATE OF ILLINOIS. 

Mr. Madden. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, the 
Legislature of the State of Illinois at its last session enacted a law 
to authorize the holding of an exposition within the State in. 1915 for 
the celebration of the semicentennial of negro em;>incipation and for 
the purpose of giving the negroes of the State and of the country 
an opportunity to display their progress and (Mlucation in art and 
the mechanics and in their material growtli, and in the enactment of 
that law it was provided that the governor should be authorized to 
ap])oint a commission, of whiih he is, I understand, ex officio chair- 
man. The commission was appointed and $25,000 was placed at the 

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disposal of the commission for the purpose of enabhng it to proceed 
with the prehminaries incident to the development of the work of 
the exposition. The commission has been p.ctively at work among 
the legislatures of the various States, and so far has succeeded in 
interesting 20 States in this exposition. All of the 20 States, I 
believe, have appointed commissions to cooperate with the commis- 
sion appointed by the governor of Illinois, and it is anticipated that 
many of these States will in the next session of their legislatures make 
appropriations. 

The negroes of this country are very much interested in having 
this opportunit}^ to show to the people of the United States just 
what progress they have made in the 50 years of their freedom, and 
it seemed to me to be becoming that the Nation itself should become 
an instrumentality in enabling the negroes to make this display. 
The enactment of the law which is pending before this committee 
would appropriate $150,000 to that end, to be expended under the 
direction of the Secretary of the Treasury and under such rules and 
regulations as might be formulated by the Secretary of Commerce. 

Mr. Francis. The question has been raised here that this commit- 
tee has no authority to make any a]>propriation whatever. 

Mr. Madden. No, but it could recommend the enactment of the 
law. The bill might have to be modified so as to simply recommend 
the appropriation, and then we would have to go, of course, to the 
Appropriation Committee. But tlie dictum of this committee favor- 
ing such an appropriation would have the necessary effect, because 
the Appropriation Committee itself has no legislative jurisdiction 
and has no j^ower to make an appropriation except by authority of 
law. But this comtnittee has the power to recommend the law 
which will authorize the Appropriation Committee to act. I believe 
that no expenditure on the part of the Federal Government would 
produce b<>tter results than the expenditure of such a sum as is 
named in this bill, for it would give to the race about to hold this 
exposition the opportunity which it has for a long time sought, 
to pr9sent to the American people an ocnlar demonstration of just 
exactly what the race has done in the way of progress, both ecaica- 
tionally, morally, industrially, and in the matter of the arts and 
sciences, mechanically and otherwise, showing the development 
of the race professionally, and it would be an object lesson that 
v\^ould tend to encourage those of the race who have not been able to 
realize the progress which has ta.ken place among their own people, 
and at the same time would be, in my judgment, an object lesson to 
our race which would be iv^ally worth while, and I sincerely hope 
that such a bill as the committee has before it will be recommended 
for enactment, and that before the time comes for the holding of 
this exposition the House and the Senate will take favorable action 
upon it and that the Prv'sident will be authorized to issue the proc- 
lamation. 

Mr. Francis. Has (■hicago done anything financially in this 
matter ? 

Mr. Madden. Chicago, up to the- present time, has done nothing, 
but the city councils of Chicago have recently passed resolutions 
indorsing the project and will cooperate in every way within their 
power. It is too soon for the city of Chicago to make an appropria- 



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tion, but the other gentlemen who are })resent here will be able to 
present the facts. 

The Chairman. In the Sixty-second Congress there was a resolu- 
tion or bill i)resented to the Committee on Industrial Arts and Expo- 
sitions, just a short time before adjournment, in regard to an exposi- 
tion of this character, tliat was designed, as I recollect it, to be neld 
in Savannah, Ga., or some place in the State of Georgia, at least. Is 
there any connection between that project and this j)resent one? 

Mr. Madden. I do not think there is. I expect the matter you 
refer to is dead; but this is a live issue, and this would reaU}^ take the 
place of every other thir,g of the kind that has been thought of and 
would be the first real exposition held for the purpose for which this 
exposition has been authorized. 

All-. Francis. Let me ask you this question: Do you not think 
the effect of such an exposition at Chicago and giving it a national 
character removes it about as far from the center of population of 
the colored race as it could be in the United States ? 

Mr. Madden. There is no place in the United States that can be 
reached as readily as Chicago. It is the center of the country; it is 
a great railroad center of the nation; it has 39 great railroads enter- 
ing the city, with over 125,000 miles of railroad ramifying into every 
section of the nation, and within 16 hours' reach of more than 60 
per cent of the whole population of the United States. 

Mr. Francis. All that is true, but at the same time the colored 
race are more or less not persons of means and there would be long 
distances to travel to carry them there. The ones that would need 
such an exposition the most would be the ones fartherst away from 
it. We all know of the excellent laws of the, different States that 
have been enacted into law for the upbuilding of the colored race of 
the North, and they have made great advances there. But how is 
it with regard to the South, where these people need it the most? 
Do you not think such an exposition in Chicago would be too far 
removed from those people who really need it ? 

]Mi-. Madden. I really think this: That the men who will attend 
the exposition, the men and wom.en both, whether that exposition is 
for the display of the advancement of the colored race or for the 
display of the genius of the races of the world, will be the men and 
women v. ho have done the thin.king in udva'^ce of their fellows and 
who are the megaphones through which the t /pinions of their people 
are expressed, the men who study and write and ; j^eak and express 
thoughts that formulate sentiment, and whether the (^xpot^ition be 
held in Chicago or South Carolina or Georgia or in New York, or any 
other place, this will be the class of people who will attend it, and it 
would' be of infinitely greater advantage to have the exposition held 
anywhere to which this class of people could go than not to have the 
exposition at all, because what we need is to give them the subject 
about which they can speak to their people. We want to give them 
an object lesson. We want to give them the text, so to speak, and 
this place, Chicago, to my n.otion, is the ideal place to attract the 
class of people that I have described, and they are the class of people 
upon whom we must depend for the dissemination of the informa- 
tion which will interest the people of moderate means, or no means, 
in studying the questions which ar(^ beneficial to themselves and to 



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the race, and so I do not regard the fact that Chicago has been selected 
by the State of IFlinois as the place for holding this exposition as 
detrimental to the fundamental principle involved. 

Mr. Francis. Not at all. It is all right for the people of Ilhnois. 
It is highly comrnendable to them to have such an exposition and to 
stamp it of a national character. But Chicago as a place for such an 
exposition does not seem to me to be the right place. I think if we 
had a national exposition of this kind it should be where the colored 
people would get the greatest benefit from it in the way of attendance. 

Mr. Madden. I think they will get it here. 

The Chairman. When you say here, you mean Chicago ? 

Mr. Madden. Yes, sir. I will not take any more of the time of 
the committee. We have gentlemen here who will be able to present 
this case better than I could do it. Senator Dailey, from our State, 
who represents the district in which the city of Peoria is located, is 
present, and I take pleasure in introducing him to the committee. 

STATEMENT OF HON. JOHN DAILEY. 

Mr. Dailey. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I wish 
to thank you for the courtesy you have extended the commission in 
granting this hearing. I regret at the same time that the chairman 
of this commission, the Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, who is the pre- 
siding bishop of the Reformed Episcopal Church of the United States 
and Canada, can not be here to present the cause of the commission 
in person. 

Tliis commission was created by an act of the General Assembly of 
the State of Ilhnois and an appropriation made for its maintenance 
in the year 1913, The commission was appointed by Gov. Dunne. 
Its membership is as follows: Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., 
LL. D., president; Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, vice president; 
Maj. George W. Ford, treasurer; Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph. D., D. D., 
Hon. W. Duff Piercy, Hon. R. R. Jackson, Hon. Medill McCormick, 
and myself were appointed members of the commission, and Mr. 
Thomas Wallace Swann, recommended by Gov. Dunne, was elected 
secretary of the commission. 

Bishop Fallovv^s, I think, is peculiarly fitted for this work. Bishop 
Fallows,, as you laiow, is a man of national and international reputa- 
tion. He is very conversant with the work of expositions and is 
chairman of the Congress of Religions for the Columbian Exposition 
in Chicago. He is a man approacliing 80 years of age, but active and 
vigorous, and from the very moment of his appointment he has 
devoted practically all of his time and thought to making this expo- 
sition a real benefit, not only to the colored people of this country, 
but to the white peo])le, and while the commission originally intended 
a mere State exposition, the vision of a national exposition took hold 
of Bishop Fallows and the preliminary work of this exposition has 
been along that line. Whether we receive the cooperation of the 
Federal Government or not in our attempt to make it national in 
scope and character and influence, 20 States, as has already been 
stated by Congressman Madden, already have taken an active interest 
in the appointment of commissioners to cooperate with us. I will 
present for the consideration of this committee a list of the honorary 
vice presidents and advisory council, and you can see at a glance 



CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 7 

the work of organization has been along the line of the leading men 
of this country, including both the white and colored races, to make 
this a national exposition, and that it should not only be an expo- 
sition for statistical information, but be in every particular a prac- 
tical demonstration of the negro's ability and achievement in every 
phase of human endeavor. They purpose to furnish to the American 
public an abundance of evidence in concrete form of just what the 
past 50 years has meant to th.e freedman and to what extent and 
with what result he has availed hhnself of the opportunities which 
have been opened to him. In its work the commission has had the 
good fortune to be reenforced by two cooperating commissions 
appointed by Mayor Carter H. Harrison and President Alexander A. 
McCormick, representing the city of Chicago and Cook County. 

Our preliminary work, that of enlisting the sympathetic coopera- 
tion of the American people as a whole, has been highly encouraging 
in that we now have in our files assurances of support from the 
President of the United States, Cardinal Gibbons, the governors and 
Senators of more than 20 States, the bishops and leading ecclesiastics 
of every denomination, and of a large number of educational and 
social workers, among them such persons as Miss Jane Addams and 
Mrs. Ella Flagg Young. ^ 

In the development of the exposition itself we are working chiefly 
along two distinct hues: First, the procuring of exhibits; second, 
the securing of the various negro national congresses and conventions 
for Chicago in 1915. 

The exhibits will cover every phase of negro progress, educational, 
industrial, professional, and in the fine arts. We have been in cor- 
respondence with every institution of learning in the country instruct- 
ing the negro people. We are securing exhibits of the work of agri- 
culturists, manufacturers, miners, etc., and are negotiating with the 
Patent Office to secure the loan of some 250 patents taken out by 
negro inventors. The number of exhibits from Illinois alone wiU 
approximate about 2,000, and the total number of exhibits about 
7,000. 

We are in correspondence with and expect to secure for 1915 the 
following conventions, which will bring to Chicago nearly 50,000 
persons connected with them: Business Men's League, 10,000; 
National Physicians, Surgeons and Dentists' Association, 12,000; 
National Educational Congress, 8,000; Young People's Congress, 
8,000; National Undertakers and Embalmers' Association, 2,000; 
Farmers' National Convention, 2,000; Religious Congress, represent- 
ing every denomination, 8,000. 

The following estimate of attendance and expenditures of money 
for the benefit of the city of Chicago during the exposition has been 
prepared by experts on the subject involved. 

The exposition wall be open day and night during the entire month 
of August . In the evenings a large chorus, choir, and regimental and 
otli*r bands will furnish music. Entertainments and pageants of an 
attractive and high-class nature will be given. , There will be moving 
pictures of the highest character, aviators' meets, and competitive 
drills by military organizations and of every uniform rank of fraternal 
organizations. Prizes and awards will be given for each class and 
will be of such value as to warrant strong competition. Prizes and 
awards will be given for every grade of exhibits. 



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Estimate of attendance and expenditures for the benefit of the city during life of the 

exposition. 



Attendance. 



Estimate of 
amount of 
money ex- 
pended in 
Chicago. 



Attendance from Cook County 

Visitors from State outside of county 

Total estimate of visitors from State . 



Various organizations invited to be in ttie city during tlie exposition: 

National Business Men's League 

National Physicians, Surgeons, and Dentists' Association 

National Educational Association 

National Undertakers and Embalmers' As.sociation 

Young People's Congress 

Religious Congress 



Total conventions slated and money estimated . 



Estimated to attend from attractions listed below; 

Such as President's week, military week. State days, etc . 

Excursionists en route to Panama Exposition 

Excmsionists in city during summer season 



Some of the other large attractions expected but not lieard from: 

Farmers' convention, delegates, probable number 

National Baptist convention, delegates, probable number . . . 

Total, excluding local attendance 

As given above of 



Total estimate of attendance . 



390,000 
100,000 



862, 000 



$200,000 



490,000 




10,000 
12,000 
8,000 
2,000 
6,000 
8,000 


100,000 
120,000 
40,000 
10,000 
12,000 
16,000 


46,000 


298,000 


300,000 

5,000 

15,000 


300,000 
50,000 
45,000 




395,000 


2,000 
4,000 




372,000 
490,000 





893,000 



Mr. Woods. Referring to the question raised b}^ Mr. Francis, as 
to the location of this exposition, you mentioned the fact that 20 
States have already shown an interest in this project. How many 
Southern States are among those 20 States ? 

Mr. Dailey. There are quite a number. I received this informa- 
tion direct from Bishop Fallov/s. I have not seen the list of States, 
but he informed me that he has received the cooperation of the rep- 
resentatives of a great many Southern States. Some he has not 
heard from and, I think, in one or two instances, there was a polite 
refusal. Is that not so, Dr. Carey i* 

Dr. Carey. Yes. 

Mr. Dailey. But, on the whole, we have been surprised at the 
cooperation which our correspondence wdll show we have received 
from the different Southern States — from the governors of many 
Southern States and from the Representatives in Congress repre- 
senting these different States. 

Mr. Woods. Do you think the colored people of the South would 
prefer this exposition being held elsewhere than in Chicago, taking 
xhem as a race ? 

Mr. Dailey. That woulci he t\ very difficult thing for me to say. 
In the first plo,ce, Chicago was selected because the initial step wp.s 
taken by Illinois in this m;vtter -,nd the scheme developed from a 
mere State or locp.l scheme to one national in import and in character. 
Consequently no other State, it seems to rae, could present the same 
arguments for holding a national exposition in the Sti-.te of Illniois 
on account of the colored people looking to Illinois as a sort of Mecca, 
and they look to it with great fondness }>ecause of the history of 



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Illinois, and because of the iV.ct tluit Liiuolii's ivnuiius lepose tliere 
tlic State is enshrined in their memories. It is holy gi'ound to them. 
The exposition means sometliintj: more thiui tlie mere gathering of 
sUtistics and the gathermg of u concourse of j>eoj)le. It means the 
sentuneut conn.ectcd witii it tuul the ins}^iratiou that men will receive 
from this exposition. I thiiik, possibly, that the question of distance, 
if tliat is urged as tn) objection, could be applied to the Piinama 
Exposition. I am not saying thcie is no room possible loi- a differ- 
ence of opinion upon this matter, but 3-011 can s(h> there are a great 
number of people in the State of IlUnois who would be benefited by 
visiting that ex])osition but who cini not (]o it. 

Ml". Francis. Excuse me, but the Paiiama Exposition proposition 
is somewhat different. Illinois has come here askuig for an appro- 
priation to make a national exposition. The State of California has 
put up millions of dollars for the Panama Exposition, and they have 
made it an assured success whether the Federal Government does any- 
thmg or not. 

Mr. Dailey. I might say the case is not analogous, but I can say 
this, that this < xposition, primarily, as intended by the State, was to 
be a State exposition, and we also, like California, no matter what it 
will cost, will see that this exposition is a succtss, aiul, more than the 
appropriation of a specific sum of money, we desire, no matter what 
the appropriation may be, that the mere granting of the appropriation 
will be the approval of the Federal Government of tliis exposition, 
which will be the first one of its character, so far as I am informed, to 
receive the approval of the Federal Government. 

Mr. Francis. Do you not flunk you could make a much stronger 
case if you came to this committee with an. appropriation of half a 
million dollars from the second city in the United States for this 
purpose, and thei; ask us for $150,00()? 

Mr. Dailey. That might be true. 1 v\-ill say vei-y frankly gentle- 
men, I do not expect that a half million dollars will be used for this 
exposition. I do not know what your idea is as to the method of 
appropriation, but to me it seems t:iat the paramount question is 
not the amount of tbiC appropriation but the sentiment which this 
Government will indorse, placing its apj)roval upon tb.e progress of 
these people, who are an integral part of the nation, comprising 10 
per cent of its population, in commemoration of tlu^ pi'ogress tliey 
have made during half a century. 

Mr. Francis. We have the sentiment all rigid, but yon do not 
back your sentiment very strongly in Chicagi^ 

Mr. r>AiLEY. You have referred to the city of Chicago. This appro- 
praition of S25,000 was an initial appropriation mach^ in the expirin.g 
days of the last general assembly for the purpose of a State exposition 
merely. That was the idea of it. Since that time the idea has 
grown, and our work, the appointment of subcommittees, the appoint- 
ment of distinguished men and women to places of honor and posi- 
tion in connection mth tliis commission is a work of national im- 
portance, and I am sure tlie next session of the Legislature of Ilhnois 
will grant an appropriation commensurate \\'ith the character, the 
worth, and the dignity of this exposition. The city of Chicago, 
through its common councils, has appointed a commission t( coop- 
erate with our commission. Tliey have passed resolutions. Like- 
wise the county board of Chicago; and 1 appeared personally before 



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both of these commissions in the city of Chicago and they have 
assured us that they will grant to this commission financial support. 
There is a question under the law of IlUnois whether a municipality 
legally has the power and authority to grant appropriations for pur- 
poses of this character, and if the legal question were not in the way 
we would certainly have by this time secured an appropriation both 
from Cook County and from the city of Chicago. Personally, I have 
serious doubts as to whether under our law in lUinois the city of Chi- 
cago or the County of Cook can make appropriations of this charac- 
ter, but we are assured if there is any possibility of any such appro- 
priations being made that they will be made. 

The Chairman. I notice by a circular I have received that they 
propose to hold this exposition in a State armory in Chicago. 

Mr. Daily. Yes. 

The Chairman. Is that armory of sufficient size so that it can 
accomodate an enterprise of this character ? 

Mr. Daily. It is not only proj)osed to hold it in the armory, but 
there is a large space of ground in the vicinity of the armory upon 
which temporary buildings will be constructed. That is correct, is it 
not. Dr. Carey? 

Dr. Carey. They are arranging for a coliseum. 

Mr. Daily. I do not live in Chicago, but that was a question that 
occurred to me at the meeting of our commission. 

The Chairman. When the question of appropriation was con- 
sidered I thought if the armory was of sufficient capacity to take care 
of this exposition it w^ould not be necessary to provide funds for the 
erection of a building. 

Mr. Madden. The coliseum has a capacity for accomodating more 
than 15,000 people at any one time. 

The Chairman. Then it is intended to use that instead of this 
armory referred to ? 

Mr. Madden. Yes, sir. 

Mr. Dailey. I thank you very much for the information, Mr. 
Madden. We have already been assured of representatives from 
Liberia, Haiti, and from the different churches representing the 
colored people in this country, the A. M. E. Church being the largest. 
This church w^as set up, as '^jou know, by the Methodist Episcopal 
Church. It has a membership of over half a milUon. All of its 
bishops have been consecrated by wliite bishops originally of the 
Methodist Episcopal Churcli. Through schools and through different 
organizations they have provided for exhibits. The general confer- 
ence of the Presbyterian Church is being held in Chicago now. There 
are 44 colored members — delegates to this general conference. They 
have now in Chicago the exhibits from a OTeat many of their colored 
schools — I forget the exact number, but all of these exhibits will be a 
part of this exposition. The committee in charge of the field work 
of tliis commission has secured assurances from all oyer the country, 
particularly in the South, from the colored institutions of learning 
that they will all be represented by exhibits at tliis exposition. The 
different departments which have been created so far are the depart- 
ments of religion, education, industry, social progress, music, soci- 
ology, military, liberal arts, professional, fraternal, and athletics. 



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In connection with my statement here, which has been somewhat 
of a rambUng and desultory character, I would hke to present to the 
committee a copy of the bill passed by the IlUnois General Assembly, 
which I will mark "Exliibit No. 1" for identification. 

(The bill referred to is as follows :) 

[HousebillNo. 919.] 

A BILL For an act providing for an exhibition and celebration to commemorate the fiftieth amiiversary 
of the emancipation of the Negro, creating a commission to conduct same, and makius; an appropriation 
therefor. 

Be it enacted by the people of the State of Illinois, represented in the general assembly, 
That there is hereby created a commission to consist of the governor and eight other 
persons, residents of the State of Illinois, two of whom shall be members of the senate 
and two of the house of representatives, in the State of Illinois, all of whom shall be 
appointed by the governor, to arrange for and conduct during the year 1915, at a place 
to be selected by said commission, an exhibition and celebration to commemorate 
the fiftieth anniversary of the freeing of the Negro from slavery. Such exhibition 
and celebration shall be eo conducted as to show the industrial, educational, and 
religious progress of the Negro inhabitants of this Commonwealth. The commission 
shall serve without compensation, but shall be allowed such expenses for traveling, 
clerical help, stenographers, and necessary employees as shall be acttially and neces- 
sarily incurred in the performance of its duty: Provided, however. That the secretary 
of said commission, who shall be elected by said commisi?ion, and who may or may 
not be a member of said commission, shall receive such reasonable compensation as 
shall be determined upon and fixed by said commission. Said commission shall 
have full power and authority to collect, maintain, and properly house said exhibit, 
and pay the expenses thereof. 

Sec. 2. To carrj-- out the purposes of this act the sum of 825,000, or so much thereof 
as may be necessary, is hereby appropriated. That the said commission shall be 
allowed the use of the 825,000 thus appropriated, a sum not to exceed $3,000 for the 
collection and printing for free distribution a suitable compilation showing the progress 
thus far achieved by the Negroes of Illinois during the pai^t 50 years. All payments 
shall be made on warrants of the auditor of public accounts on vouchers of the com- 
mission approved by him. 

Sec. 3. As soon after the organization of the commission, notice shall be filed with 
the State treasurer and State auditor of public accounts, of the election of the officers 
of said commission who, from time to time, shall be authorized through the president 
and secretary of said commission, to draw warrants on the State auditor of public 
accounts for such salaries or expenses incurred by the State commi.'^sion, such war- 
rants, however, to be subject to approval of the governor of the State of Illinois, and 
the treasurer of the State of Illinois i'^ hereby directed and empowered to pay the 
same. 

Sec. 4. The commission shall annually make a report to the governor, and within 
sixty days after the close of its exhibition, the commission shall make a complete 
report and statement of all its doings, which shall include all exhibits and represen- 
tations made, and the awards made on such exhibits, if any, and such other matters 
as the commission may deem of value to the State of Illinois, together with a list of 
all receipts and disbursements, with complete vouchers therefor. The commission 
shall keep a strict account of its receipts and disbursements. 

Sec. 5. The commission shall in no manner create or incur any indebtedness or 
obligation in behalf of the State of Illinois in excess of any appropriation herein 
made. 

Approved June 27, 1913. 



COMMISSION APPOINTED. 



The following commission was appointed by Gov. Edward F. Dunne, July 1. 1913 
Right Rev. Samuel Fallows, D. D., LL. D., president; Mrs. Susan Lawrence 
Joergen-Dahl, vice president; Maj. George W. Ford , treasurer ; Rev. A. J.Carev, Ph. D., 
D. D.; Hon. John Dailey, Hon. W. Duff Piercy, Hon. R. R. Jackson, ITor Medill 
McCormick; Thomas Wallace Swann, secretary. 



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Mr. Dailey. I also present a resolution, if it is in accordance with 
your practice, marked ''Exhibit No. 2," adopted by the city coun- 
cil of Chicago, as follows: 

Whereas the said exposition is to be held in the city of Chicago during the mouth of 
August, 1915, and 26 States of the Union have joined Illinois in making this expo- 
sition a national exposition, and his honor has appointed a committee to aid in every 
way possible to make the said exposition a stupendous success; and 

Whereas Congressman Martin B. Madden has introduced House bill No. 15733, carry- 
ing an appropriation of $150,000 for said exposition; it is hereby 
Ordered, That said special committee is hereby authorized to telegraph President 

Wilson; Vice President Marshall: Speaker Champ Clark; Edwin S. Underbill, the 

chairman of Committee of Arts and Industrial Expositions; Senator J. Hamilton Lewis; 

Senator Lawrence Y. Sherman, and the Illinois delegation in Congress to urge for 

Chicago the passage of the said bill. 

I 

by the 



ago the passage oi the said bill. 

also present Exhibit No. 3, being a copy of resolutions adopted 
;he county commissioners of Cook County, 111., as follows: 

[Resolution by Commissioner Nowak.] 

I hereby move the adoption of the following resolution: 
' 'Whereas it is earnestly desired that the half century anniversary of negro freedom 
shall be a fitting exposition of the splendid progress of the negro race since its 
emancipation; and 
' 'Whereas the selection of the city of Chicago as the place for holding this exposition 
of such national and international importance is deemed by this board of com- 
missioners of Cook County to be great honor to the city and to the State; and 
' 'Whereas this board is anxious to assist and cooperate in every possible way to make 
the exposition a success: Therefore be it 
''Resolved, That this board hereby heartily indorses the exposition and hereby ex- 
presses its appreciation of the earnest efforts of the Illinois commission to make the 
exposition a fitting one for the purpose, and hereby again extends to said commission, 
and to all others similarly interested, the promise of every assistance within the power 
of this board of commissioners, acting through its committee of five, heretofore ap- 
pointed; and be it further 

"Resolved, That this board do urge upon the Congress of the United States that it 
pass the bill recently introduced by Mr. Madden in the House of Representatives, 
H. R. 15733, whereby funds may be provided for this great work; and be it further 

"Resolved, That the clerk of this board be instructed to transmit to the Congress 
and to the several Illinois Representatives in Congress, copies of these resolutions in 
order that they may be advised of the deep interest of this board of commissioners 
and of the citizens of Cook County in these matters. " 

I also present Exhibit No. 4, giving the names and residences of 
the honorary vii^e presidents and advisory counsils of the commission, 
as follows : 

Right Rev. Samuel Fellows, I). D., LL. D., president, 2344 W. Monroe Street. 

Mrs. Susan Lawrence Joergen-Dahl, vice president. 

Maj. Geo. W. Ford, treasurer. 

Rev. A. J. Carey, Ph. D., D. D. 

Hon. John Dailey. 

Hon. W. Duff Piercy. 

Hon, R. R. Jackson. 

Hon. Medill McCormick. 

Thomas Wallace Swann, .secretary. 

James Hale Porter, chief field agent. 

W. C. Niblack, chairman general finance committee. 

Depository: Central Trust Company of Illinois. 

W, R. Dawes, general treasurer, 125 W. Monroe Street. 

The governor, president ex officio. 

EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE. 

The president, the vice president, the treasurer, Rev, A. J. Carey, Hon. Johii 
Dailey. 



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FINANCE COMMITTEE. 

Leon Hornstein, chairman, Alderman George Harding, Senator Francis P. Brady, 
Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop, Dr. A. J. Carey, Albert Nowak, John E. Traeger, Avery 
Coonley , George W. Dixon . 

COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY PRESIDENT m'cORMICK. OF THE COOK COUNTY (iLL.") BOARD 

OF COMMISSIONERS. 

Commissioner Albert Nowak, Commissioner Bartley Burg, Commissioner Daniel 
Harris, Commissioner Avery Coonley, Commissioner John J. Gard, Lawrence A. 
Newby, S. B. Turner, Joanna Snowden Porter. 

COMMITTEE APPOINTED BY MAYOR CARTER H. HARRISON TO REPRESENT THE CITY OF 

CHICAGO. 

Alderman George F. Harding. Alderman F. Gazzollo, Alderman P. J. Carr, Alderman 
H. L. Pitte, Alderman V. J. Schaeffer, Alderman Hugh Norris, James Hale Porter, 
Oscar De Priest, A. H. Roberts, Rev. E. J. Fisher. 

HONORARY VICE PRESIDENTS. 

Miss Jane Addams, Hull Hoase, Chicago. 

Benjamin F. Allen, Ph. D., president Lincoln Institute, Jefferson City, Mo. 
Bishop J. W. Alstork, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Montgomery, Ala. 
Rt. Rev. Charles P. Anderson, D. D., Protestant Episcopal Church, Chicago. 
Hon. Charles W. Anderson, collector internal revenue. New York City. 
Bishop William F. Anderson, D. D., M. E. Church, Cincinnati, Ohio. 
Hon. Henry Andrus, State senator, Rockford, 111. 
Hon. M. B. Bailey, State senator, Danville, 111. 
Hon. Simeon E. Baldwin, governor of Connecticut. 
Hon. Richard J. Barr, State senator, Joliet, 111. 

Bishop J. W. Bashford, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Peking, China. 
Hon. R. P. Bass, governor of New Hampshire. 

Rev. William E. Barton, D. D., First Congregational Church, Oak Park, 111. 
Mrs. L. Bracket Bishop, Chicago. 

Bishop George L. Blackwell, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Philadelphia, 
Pa. 
Hon Francis P. Brady. State senator, Chicago. 

Prof. J. W. E. Bowen. D. D., Ph. D., Gammon Theological Seminary, Atlanta, Ga. 
Rev. M. P. Boynton, D. D., Baptist Church, Chicago. 
Hon. William O. Bradley, Unjted States Senator, Kentucky. 
Hon. Theodore Brentano, judge superior court, Chicago. 
Hon. Fred A. Britten, M. C, ninth Illinois district, Chicago. 
R^v'. Aaron Brown, D. D., secretary V. C. E. U. Zion Church, Pensacola. Fla. 
Hon. Edward Osgood, Brown, judge appellate court, Chicago. 
Miss Hallie Q. Brown, professor Wilberforce University, Wilberforce, Ohio. 
Rev. John P. Brushingham, D. D., M. E. Church, Chicago. 
Hon. Frank Buchanan. M. C., seventh Illinois district, Chicago. 
Bishop William Burt, D. D., M. E. Church, Buffalo, N. Y. 
Hon. Frank M. Byrne, governor of South Dakota. 
Rev. J. C. Caldwell. D. D., A. M. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. 
Bishop J. S. Caldwell, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 
Hon. Stephen D. Canaday, State senator, Hillsboro, 111. 
Rt. Rev. J. F. R. Canevin, Roman Catholic Church, D. D., Pittsburgh^ Pa. 
Mr. Thomas H. Cannon, high chief ranger Catholic Order Foresters, Chicago. 
Hon. Joseph M. Carey, governor of Wyoming. 
Andrew Carnegie, of New York. 
Mrs. Elizabeth Davis Carey, Chicago. 

Rev. Lorenzo D. Case, D. D., Universalist Church, Chicago. 
Hon. T. B. Catron. United States Senator, New Mexico. 
Bishop William D. Chappelle, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Columbia, S. C. 
Rt. Rev. Charles Edward Cheney, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. 
Hon. William E. Chilton, United States Senator, West Virginia. 
Hoij. Moses E. Clapp, United States Senator, Minnesota. 

Rev. Francis E. Clark, D. D., LL. D., president United Society Christian Endeavor, 
Boston, Mass. 



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Rev. George C. Clement, D. D., editor Star of Zion, Charlotte, N. C. 

Bishop George W. Clinton, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, Charlotte, N. C. 

Mr. Melvin E. Coleman, Associated Press, Chicago. 

Prof. Nathan W. Collier, A. M., Florida Baptist Academy, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Bishop James M. Conner, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Little Rock, Ark. 

Rev. William D. Cook, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. 

Bishop Levi J. Coppin, D. D., LL. D., A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

R. C. Copeland, Libertyville, 111. 

Hon. Willett H. Cornwell, State senator, Chicago. 

Bishop E. Cottrell, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Holly Springs, Miss. 

Bishop Earl Cranston, D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church, Washington, D. C. 

Josiah Cratty, Esq., Chicago. 

Hon. Coe I. Crawford, United States Senator, South Dakota. 

Prof. W. H. Crogman, LL. D., Clark University, Atlanta, Ga. 

Hon. Shelby M. Cullom, resident commissioner, Lincoln Memorial Committee, 

Hon. Albert M. Cummins, United States Senator, Des Moines, Iowa. 

Hon. Edward C. Curtis, State senator. Grant Park, 111. 

Dr. x\. M. Curtis, Washington, D. C. 

Col. Harry Cutler, F. L. Inf., R. I. M., Providence, R. I. 

Rev. Forrest E. Dager, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Clara J. Dailey, Peoria, 111. 

Col. Jasper T. Darling, Chicago. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Lindsay Davis, national organizer, N. A. C. W., Chicago. 

Rev. Ozora S. Davis, D. D., president Chicago Theological Seminary, Chicago. 

Hon. Charles S. Deneen, ex-governor of Illinois, Chicago. 

Mrs. Charles S. Deneen, Chicago. 

Gen. Frank S. Dickson, adjutant general, Springfield, 111. 

Hon. William P. Dillingham, United States Senator, Vermont. 

Dr. W. T. Dinwiddie, dentist, Lexington, Ky. 

Miss Roberta J. Dunbar, recording secretary N. A. C. W., Priovdence, R. I. 

Mrs. Edward F. Dunne, Springfield, 111. 

Hon. Adolph O. Eberhart, governor of Minnesota. 

Hon. Samuel A. Ettelson, State senator, Chicago. 

Mrs. Lucy B. Fallows, Chicago. 

Hon. Woodbridge N. Ferris, governor of Michigan. 

Rev. E. J. Fisher, D. D., Chicago. 

Bishop Joseph S. Flipper, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Hon. Joseph Benson Foraker, ex-United States Senator, Ohio. 

Hon. A. Cameron Forbes, ex-governor general Philippine Islands. 

Mrs. Hattie E. Ford, Riverton, 111. 

Hon. Edward J. Forst, State senator, Chicago. 

Hon. H. Robert Fowler, M. C, twenty-fourth Illinois district, Elizabethtown, 111. 

Hon. N. Elmo Franklin, State senator, Lexington, 111. 

Hon. W. F. Frear, governor of Hawaii. 

Hon. Thomas Gallagher, M. C, eighth Ilhnois district, Chicago. 

Col. John J. Garrity, 2d Inf., I. N. G., Chicago. 

Hon. Edward J. Glackin, State senator, Chicago. 

His Eminence, James, Cardinal Gibbons, Baltimore, Md. 

M. F. Girten, Esq., president American Federation Catholic Societies. 

Hon. F. A. Garesche, State representative, Madison, 111. 

Mrs. lone Gibbs, vice president N. A. C. W., Minneapolis, Minn. 

W. H. Goler, D. D., LL. D., president Livingston College, Salisbury, N. C. 

Hon. Al. F. Gorman, State senator, Chicago. 

Hon. George E. Gorman, M. C, third Illinois district, Chicago. 

Rev. James M. Gray, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Chicago. 

Hon. John H. Gray, State senator, Morrison, 111. 

Hon. Richard Theodore Greener, LL. D., Chicago. 

Rev. Frank W. Gunsaulus, D. D., Arniom- Institute, Chicago. 

Hon. John M. Haines, governor of Idaho. 

Dr. George Cleveland Hall, physician, Chicago. 

Mrs. Theodocia J. Hall, Chicago. 

Hon. John R. Hamilton, State senator, Mattoon, 111. 

J. H. W. Howard, journalist, Harrisburg, Pa. 

Bishop John W. Hamilton, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Boston, Mass. 

Bishop C. R. Harris, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, SaUsbury, N. C. 

Hon. George W. Harris, State senator, Chicago. 

Rev. William I. Haven, D. D., secretary American Bible Society, New York City. 



CELEBRATION OF ANNIVERSARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION, 15 

Hon. H. D. Hatfield, governor of West Virginia. 

Dr. J. R. Hawkins, financial secretary A. M. E. Church, Washington, D. 0. 
Hon. James H. Hawley, ex-governor of Idaho, Boise, Idaho. 
Prof. George E. Haynes, Fisk University, Nashville, Tenn. 
Hon. Campbell S. Hearn, State senator, Quincy, 111. 

Prof. Charles R. Henderson, D. D., LL. D., University of Clucago, Chicago. 
Bishop Theodore S. Henderson, D. D., M. E. Church, Chattanooga, Tenn. 
Mrs. Charles Henrotin, Chicago. 

Hon. W. H. Hinebough, M. C, twelfth IlUnois district, Ottawa. 
Rev. Eniil G. Hirsch, D. D., Sinai Congregation, Chicago. 
Hon. George H. Hodges, governor of Kansas. 
Bishop L. H. Holsey, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. 
John Hope, Ph D., president Morehouse College, Atlanta, Ga. 
Hon. Maclay Hoyne, State's attorney, Chicago. 
Hon. Robert S. Hudspeth, Jersey City, N.J. 

Bishop Edwin Holt Hughe.s, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, San Francisco, 
Cal. 

Hon. George H. M. Hunt, governor of Arizona. 

Rev. Wm. E. Huntington, D. D., LL. D., Newtou Center, Mass. 

Hon. C. F. Hurburgh, State senator, Galesburg, 111. 

Hon. F. A. Hurley, State senator, Chicago. 

Bishop John Hurst, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Baltimore, Md. 

Bishop J. Albert Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hon. Niels Juul, State senator, Chicago. 

Mrs. Ida Joyce Jackson, treasurer N. A. C. W., Columbus, Ohio. 

Rev. J. Simpson Jackson, D. D., financial secretary, A. M. E. Zion Church. 

Mrs. Eva Jenifer, parliamentarian, N. A. C. W., Chicago. 

Rev. John T. Jenifer, D. I)., historian, A. M. E. Church, Chicago. 

Hon. Henry Lincoln Jr)hnson, Recorder of Deeds, Washington, D. C. 

Rev. Jenkin Lloyd Jones, D. D., LL. D., Abraham Lincoln Center, Chicago. 

Mrs. R. R. Jackson, Chicago. 

Bishop Joshua H. Jones, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. 

Rev. S. B. Jones, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Peoria, 111. 

Hon. Walter Clyde Jones, State senator, Chicago. 

Rev. L. G. Jordan, D. D., se(;retary Baptist Missions, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mr. Gustave Keller, high treasurer Catholic Order Foresters, Appleton, Wis. 

Hon. Kent E. Keller, State senator, Ava, 111. 

Hon. William S. Kenyon, United States Senator, Iowa. 

Hon. H. H. Kohlsaat, editor Inter-Ocean, Chicago. 

Rt. Rev. James L. Koudelka, D. D., Roman CathoUc Church, Superior, Wis. 

Rev. L. W. Kyles, D. D., editor Zion Quarterly Review, Mobile, Ala. 

Hon. F. A. Landee, State senator, MoUne, 111. 

Mrs. Victor F. Lawson, Chicago. 

Hon. Luke Lea, United States Senator, Tennessee. 

Rev. M. D. Lee, D. D., general secretary A. M. E. Zion Church, Rock Hill, S. C. 

Bishop Frederick D. Leete, D. D., M. E. Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Hon. James H. Lewis, United States Senator, Illinois. 

Hon. Ernest Lister, governor of Washington. 

Rev. J. I. Lowe, D. D., business manager A. M. E. Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Col. Frank O. Lowden, former representative, Illinois, Oregon, 111. 

Bishop B. F. Lee, %D., LL. D., A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. 

J. Gray Lucas, Esq.^^hicago. 

Mrs. Jessie Slater Lee, Springfield, 111. 

Bishop Naphtali Luccock, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Helena, Mont. 

Hon. Carl Lundberg, State senator, Chicago. 

Hon. James Mr Andrews, M. C. sixth Illinois district. Chicago. 

Col. Nathan W^illiam MacChesney, attorney at law, Chicago. 

Hon. William H. Maclean, State senator, Chicago. 

Hon. Martin B. Madden. M. C, first Illinois district, Chicago. 

Hon. Hugh S. Magill. State senator, Princeton. 111. 

Charles A. Mair. Chicago. 

Hon. James R. Mann, M. C, second Illinois district, Chicago. 

Col. John R. Marshall, Illinois National Guard, Chicago. 

Rev. Hubbard Henry Mavnard, A. M.. D. D.. Ph. D., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Rev. Cleland B. McAfee, D. D.. Chicago. 

Bishop Francis J. McConnell, D. D., M. E. Church, Denver, Colo, 

Mrs. Ruth Hanna McCormick, Chicago. 



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Rev. N. J. McCracken, D. D.. A. M. E. Church, Springfield, III. 

Rev. .T. Frank McDonald, D. D., editor Western Christian Record, Kansas City, Mo. 

Mr. Thomas F. McDonald, high secretary. Catholic Order Foresters. Chicago. 

Mrs. C. R. McDowell, auditor, N. A. C. W., Hannibal, Mo. 

J?ishop William F. McDowell. D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church. Chicago. 

Miss Mary McDowell, U. of C. Settlement, Chicago. 

Bishop Robert Mclntyre, D. D., LL. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Oklahoma. 

Hon. .John McKenzie, State senator, Elizabeth, HI. 

Hon. Raymond D. Meeker, State senator, Sullivan, HI. 

Prof. Charles E. Merriam, University of Chicago, Chicago. 

Hon. Charles R. Miller, governor of Delaware. 

Prof. Kelly Miller, dean of arts and sciences, Howard University. 

Bishop David H. Moore, D. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Dean, L. 15. Moore, Ph. D., Howard University, Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. Ira Nelson Morris, Chicago. 

Hon. Daniel H. Murray, Assistant Librarian. Congressional Library, Washington,- 
D. C. 

Rev. Johnston Myers, D. D., Immanuel Baptist Church, Chicago. 

Dr. Theo. R. Mozee, dentist, Chicago. 

Hon. J. C. Napier, former Register United States Treasury, Washington, D. C. 

Bishop John L. Nuelsen, D. D., LL. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Zurich. 

Hon. John M. O'Connor, State senator, Chicago. 

Hon. John G. Oglesby. former lieutenant governor, Illinois, Elkhart, 111. 

Hon. Frank T. O'Hair, M. C, eighteenth Illinois district, Paris, 111. 

Hon. W. J. Onahan. Chicago. 

Rt. Rev. D. J. O'Connell, D. D., Roman Catholic Chmch, Richmond, Va. 

Mr. Anthony Overton, manufacturer, Chicago. 

Rt. Rev. Edward W. Osborne, D. D., Protestant Episcopal Church, Springfield, 111. 

Hon. Carroll S. Page, United States Senator, Vermont. 

Hon. Boies Penrose, United States Senator, Pennsvlvania. 

Bishop C. H. Phillips, D. D., C. M. E. Church. Nashville, Tenn. 

Mrs. W. Duff Piercy, Mount Vernon, 111. 

Hon. Miles Poin dexter. United States Senator, Washington. 

Hon. Louis F. Post, v^ssistant Secretary Labor, Washington, D. C. 

Commodore James A. Pugh, Chicago. 

Hon. C. A. Purdunn, former manager Illinois State Reformatory, Marshall, 111. 

Bishop William Quayle, Methodist Episcopal Church, St. Paul, Minn. 

Hon. James A. Quinn, Chicago. 

Rt. Rev. James Rainer, D. D., rector St. Francis (Catholic) Seminary. 

Rev. J. W. Rankin. D. D.. secretary missions, A. M. E. Church, New York City. 

Rev. R. C. Ransom, D. D., editor A. M. E. Church Review, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dr. C. V. Roman, physician, Nashville, Tenn. 

Rt. Rev. Robert L. Rudolph, D. D., LL. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, New 
York. 

Hon. Adolph J. Sabath, M. C, fifth Illinois district, Chicago. 

President William S. Scarborough, D. D., LL. D., Wilberforce University, Wilber- 
force, Ohio. 

Bishop Isaiah B. Scott, Methodist Episcopal Church, Monrovia, Liberia. 

Bishop C. T. Shaffer, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. 

Hon. David E. Shanahan, State representative. Chicago, 

Rev. .John Balcom Shaw. D. D., Presbyterian Church, Los Angeles, Cal. 

L. B. Shepard. Esq., Madison, Wis. 

Bishop William 0. Shepard, D. D., LT>. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, Kan.sas. 

Hon. Lawrejice Y. Sherman, United States Senator, Illinois. 

Hon. Benjamin F. Shi\ely, United States Senator, Indiana. 

Gen. Robert Smalls, Beaufort, S, C. 

Bishop Charles S. Smith, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Detroit, Mich. 

Bishop Charles W. Smith, D. D.. M. E. Church, St. Louis, Mo. 

Hon. Tliomas Sterling, L^nited States Senator, South Dakota. 

Hon. Adlai E. Stevenson, former Vice President United States, Bloomington, 111. 

Mrs. Frances E. Still, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Mrs. Mamie E. Stewart, recording secretary, N. A. C. W., Louisville, Ky. 

Bishop C. W. Stewart. D. D.. Colored M. E. Church. Birmingham, Ala. 

Rev. H. E. Stewart, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Evanston, 111.' 

Rev. T. G. Steward, D. D.. A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. 

Rabbi Joseph Stolz, D. D., Chicago. 

Rev. .John Timothy Stone, D. D., pastor of Fourth Presbyterian Church, Oliicago. 



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Hon. William Sulzer. New York. 

Bishop J. N. Thobiirn D. D., LL. D.. Methodist Episcopal Church, Meadville, Pa. 

Bishop Wilbur P. Thirkield. D. D.. LL. D., M. E. Church, New Orleans, La. 

Hon. Charle.s M. Thomson, M. C. tenth Illinois district, Chicago. 

Rev. Edward Thomson, D. D., general secretary, Sunday League of America, St. 
Louis, Mo. 

Hon. F. Jeff Tossev. State senator. Toledo, Ohio. 

Bishop Henrv M. turner, D. D., A. l\. E. Church. Atlanta, Ga. 

Bishop Evan's Tyree, D. D., A. U. E. Church, Nashville, Tenn. 

Mrs. Mary B. Tiilbert. chairman executive board N. A. C. W., Buffalo, J\\ Y. 

Rev. C. R. Uncles, D. D., Epiphany Apostolic College, Baltimore. 

Mr. Frederic W. Upham. president Consumers Co. Chicago. 

Rev. J. Milton Waldr.n. D. D.. Baptist Chur<h. Wa-shingW, D. C. 

Bishop Alexander Walters, D. D., A. M. E. Zion Church, New York City. 

Edward T. Ware, Ph. D., prc^ide.it Atlanta Universitv. Atlanta. Ga. 

Bishop A. J. Warner, D. D.. A. M. E. Zion Church, Charlotte, N. C. 

Mrs. Booker T. AVashington, Tuskecee, Institute, Tuskegee, Ala. 

Prof. Edgar II. Webster, D. D., Ph" D., Atlanta University, Atlanta, Ga. 

Hon. Oswald West, governor, Oregon. 

Bishop R. S. Williams, D. D., C. M. E. Church, Augusta, Ga. 

Dr. Daniel H. Williams. ])hysician, Chicago. 

ReA'. Edwin Sidney Williams, D. D., Congregational Church, New York City. 

Bishop Luther B. Wilson, D. D., LL. D., Methodist Episcopal Church, New York 
City. 

Rev. Joseph D. Wilson, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Rev. J. W. Wood, D. D., secretarv mi.ssions, A. M. E. Zion Church, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Hon. D. T. Woodard, State senator, Benton, 111. 

Hon. J. T. Womack, State senator. Equality. 111. 

Mrs. Ella Flagg Young, superintendent public instruction, Chicago. 

Maj. Charges Young, U. S. A., Monrovia, Liberia. 

Lieut. W. H. York, military attache, Monrovia, Liberia. 

ADVISORY COUNCIL. 

Dr. Phillip J. AUston, chemist, Boston, Mass. 

Dr. Hiram E. Archer. Ph. D., Payne LTniversity, Selma, Ala. C- 

Hon. John A. Atwood, State rej)resentative, Stillman Valley, 111. 

Mr. Julius N. Avendorph, Chicago. 

Dr. Matthew Anderson, ])resident Berean M. T. School, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Dr. Caroline V. Anderson, M. D., Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hon. George B. Baker, State representative, Golconda, 111. 

Hon. Edward Barker, State representative, McLeansboro, III. 

Hon. Robert Barron, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. Ernest A. Bell, D. D., Midnight Mission, Chicago, 

Rev. John H. Bell, D. D., A. M. E^ Church, Oskaloosa, Iowa. 

Rev. I. W. Bess, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Osceola, Iowa. 

Mrs. Charles H. Betts, Chicago. 

Mrs. Anna W. Blackwell, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hon. Joseph C. Blaha, State representative, Chicago. 

Miss Sarah A. Blocker, Jacksonville, Fla. 

Prof. W. E. Burghardt Du Bois, editor Crisis, New York City. 

Mrs. M. E. Bowman, Chicago. 

Rev. A. Boyd, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Moline, 111. 

Mrs. Florence C. Bruce, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Mr. John Edward Bruce, Yonkers, N. Y. 

Hon. Randolph Boyd, State representative, Galva, 111. 

Hon. Thomas A. Boyer, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. D. W. Brown, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Wa.shington, Iowa. 

Rev. P. James Bryant, D. D., Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Rev. I. M. Burgan, D. D., president Paul Quinn, Waco, Tex. 

Mrs. C. L. Burgess, Chicago. 

Hon. W. F. Burres, M. D., State representative. 

Miss Nannie H. Burroughs, director Young Women's Work, N. A. C, W. 

Dr. H. R. Butler, physician, Atlanta, Ga. 

Mrs. S. S. Butler, Atlanta, Ga. 

Rev. Martin ('. Cady, D. D., M. E. Church, Chicago. 

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Rev. Wm. A. Greditt, D. D., Sherry Street Baptist Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hon. Thomas Campbell, State representative, Rock Island, 111. 

Hon. Charles H. Carmon, State representative, Forrest, 111. 

Rev. E. R. Carter, D. D.. Baptist Church, Atlanta, Ga. 

Rev. W. H. Carwardine, D. D., M. E. Church, Chicago. 

Hon. Franklin S. Catlin, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. R. H. Cato, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Elgin, 111. 

Mr. George William Cook, A. M., LL. M., secretary, Howard University. 

Mr. R. M. Caver, secretary National Baptist Ben. Association, Little Rock, Ark. 

Mr. A. W. Claphan, Camden, N. J. 

Mrs. Belle Wood Claphan. Camden, N. J. 

Prof. Lewis S. Clark, Ph. D., D. D., president Knox Institute, Athens, Ga. 

Hon. Maurice J. Clarke, State representative, Chicago. 

Dr. Bernard J. Cigrand, dentist, national president American Flag Day Association. 

Hon. Charles. F. Clyne, State representative, Aurora, 111. 

Rev. A. J. Cobb, D. D., editor Christian Index, C. M. E. Church, Jackson, Tenn. 

Rev. E. C. Cole, D. D., Springfield, 111. 

Hon. John Coleman, State representative, Rochelle, 111. 

Rev. L. E. Christy. D. D., Springfield, 111. 

Dr. Eugene G. Covington, physician, Bloomington, 111. 

Rev. L. E. Christy, Spri.igfield, 111. 

Mrs. Annie J. Cooper, Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. John W. Cromwell, Washington, D. C. 

Mrs. L. W. Cummins, Chicago. 

Hon. Charles Curren, State representative, Mound City. 

Mrs. A. M. Curtis, Washington, D. C. 

Thos. C. Day, Esq., Indianapolis, Ind. 

Mrs. Katherine H. Day, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Mrs. Julia Duncan, Springfield, 111. 

Mrs. Augusta I. Deal, Riverton, 111. 

Dr. John Deal, physician, Riverton, 111. 

Rev. H. H. DeWitt, D. D., Baptist Church, Jacksonville, Til. 

Mrs. M. L. Dinglespiel, Chicago. 

Mr. N. B. Dodson, American Press Association, New York City. 

Mrs. T. C. Dorroh, children's department, N. A. C. W., Jacksonville, Fla. 

Rev. T. F. Dornblaser, D. D., Lutheran Church, Chicago. 

Mrs. I. N. Dunlap, Chicago. 

Rt. Rev. P. J. Donohue, Roman Catholic bishop, Wheeling. W. Va. 

Hon. E. M. Duvall, State representative, Lewiston, 111. 

Hon. R. H. Elliott, State representative, Monmouth, 111. 

Hon. N. B. Elliott, State representative, Williamsfield, 111. 

Hon. George W. Ellis, attorney at law, Chicago. 

Rev. P. S. Erwin, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Des Moines, Iowa. 

Hon. James M. Etherton, State representative, Carbondale. 111. 

Charles S. Fallows, Esq., New York City. 

Hon. Edwin T. Farrar, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. J. H. Ferribee, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Glencoe, 111. 

Prof. W. W. Fisher, Evanston, 111. 

Hon. George Fitch, State representative, Peoria, 111. 

Mr. Bernard W. Fitts, Chicago. 

Hon. Norman G. Flagg, State representative, Moro, 111. 

Hon. Charles W. Fleming, State representative, Danville, 111. 

Rev. Durant Ford, Seventh Day Advent Church, Chicago. 

Hon. Henry A. Foster, State representative, Fairbury, 111. 

Dr. W. A. Fountain, president Morris Brown College, Atlanta, Ga. 

Mr. W. T. Francis, St. Paul, Minn. 

Mr. Frank D. Fulton, attorney general, Chicago & North Western Railroad, Chicago. 

Mrs. G. G. Funk, Chicago. 

Dr. Sumner A. Furniss, Indianapolis, Ind. 

Mrs. Harriet Gibbs Marshall, Washington, D. C. 

Hon. J. D. Glasgow, mayor, Washington, Iowa. 

Hon. E. D. Green, ex-State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. M. I. Gordan, D. D., Ottawa, Iowa. 

Hon. Thomas N. Gorman, State representative, Peoria, 111. 

Mrs. Belle Graves, Evanston. 

Hon. Charles S. Graves, State representative, Evanston, 111. 

Rev. W. H. Griffin, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. 



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Rev. Sutton E. Griggs, D. D., secretary educational board, Baptist Church, Memphis. 

Hon. John Gorman, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. R. H. Hacklev, D. D.. A. M. E. Church, Wilberforce, Ohio. 

Bishop Jos. C. Hartzell, D. D., LL. D., M. E. Church, Rhodesia, Africa. 

Mrs. Sadie Black Hamilton, X. A. C. W., Pittsburgh, Pa. 

Mr. C. A. W. Hasselrris, president Danish American Association, Chicago. 

Mr. Frank L. Hatch, Springfield, 111. 

Bishop \Vm. H. Heard, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Monrovia, Liberia. 

Hon. Michael F. Hennebry, State representative, Wilmington, 111. 

Mrs. Martha Hicklin, Springheld, 111. 

Rev. James Higgins, D. D., Chicago. 

Mrs. James Higgins, Chicago. 

Prof. C. Walter Hill, Atlanta, Ga. 

Rev. George Hoagland, D. D., Christian Church, Bloominton. 111. 

Hon. William P. Holaday, State representative, Danville, 111. 

Hon. T. A. HoUister, State representative, Freeport, 111. 

Rev. Solomon Porter Hood, D. D., Trenton, N. J. 

Hon. Leon Hornstein, assistant corporation counsel, Chicago. 

Hon. R. D. Hunt, State representative, DeKalb, 111. 

Miss Charlotte E. Hunter, Washington, D. C. 

Hon. Charles G. Hutchinson, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. E. W. D. Isaac, D. D., national secretary B. Y. P. U., Nashville, Tenn. 

Hon. Michael G. Igoe. State representative, Chicago. 

Mrs. E. B. Jackson, N. .\. C. W.. rescue department, Lexington, Ky, 

Mr. George H. Jackson, attorney at law, Chicago. 

Rev. C. Lee Jefferson, D. D., Baptist Church, Chicago. 

Mrs. Elizabeth Jiles. Chicago. 

Rev. A. L. Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Sioux City, Iowa. 

Rev. H. E. Johnson, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Waukegan, 111. 

Mrs. Joshua H. Jones, Wilberforce, Ohio. 

Col. Charles R. E. Koch, past adjutant general G. A. R., Evanaton, 111, 

Hon. Charles A. Karch, State representative, Belleville, 111. 

Mr. Samuel J. J. Kellogg, Washington, Iowa. 

Hon. Edward J. King, State representative, Galesburg, 111. 

Mrs. Georgia Swift King, president W. C. F. N., Atlanta. Ga. 

Hon. R. D. Kirkpatrick, State representative, Benton, 111. 

Mrs. Thekla S. Kjellber, Chicago. 

Mr. George L. Knox, editor Freeman, Indianapolis, lad. 

Mrs. David Rudolph Lawrence, Chicago. 

Rev. Buchanan Lewis, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. 

Hon. Geo. A. Lawrence, Galesburg, 111. 

Mr. J. C. Lewis, principal, Sumner High School, Cairo, 111. 

Rev. T. W. Lewis, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Chicago. 

Mr. Alain LeRoy Locke, Camden, N. J. 

Mrs. Sarah Lough. Chicago. 

Rev. William B. Lowery, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Mount Pleasant, Iowa. 

Hon. T. E. Lyon, State representative, Springfield. 

Hon. C. M. Madsen. State representative, Chicago. 

Dr. M. A. Majors, physician, Chicago. 

Rev. E. J. Martin, D. D., general officer C. M. E. Church, Jackson, Tenn. 

Rev. E. T. Martin, D. D., ^Baptist Church. Chicago. 

Mrs. M. C. B. Mason, temperance department, N. A. C. W., Cincinnati, Ohio. 

Hon. Joseph M. Mason, State representative, Chicago. 

Hon. Si Mayer, alderman, Chicago. 

Hon. William R. McCabe, State representative. Lockport, 111. 

Rev. F. A. McCoo. D. D., Baptist Church. Chicago. 

Mr. A. R. Miller, editor The Democrat, Washington, Iowa. 

Mr. John W. Monroe, grand master U. B. F,, Quincy. 111. 

Mr. John F. Moreland. national secretary Y. M. C. A., Charlotte, N. C. 

Mr. F. D. Motts, Washington, Iowa. 

Mr. Frederick R. Moore, editor New York Age, New York City. 

Hon. William W. McCormick, State representative, Emden, 111. . 

Hon. John P. McGoorty, judge circuit ( ourt, Chicago. 

Rev. J. T. Merrett, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Racine, Wis. 

Mr. George Miller, corner Charles and Mount Royal, Baltimore, Md. 

Hon. Ezra E. Miller, State representative, Naperville, 111. 

Hon. Benjamin M. Mitchell, State representative, Chicago. 



20 CELEBKATION OF ANNIVEESARY OF ACT OF EMANCIPATION. 

Mr. Richard E. Moore, Chicago. 

Hon. Frank W. Morrasy, State representative, Sheffield, 111. 

Hon. J. L. Morris, State representative, Springfield, 111. 

Mrs. Anna E. Murray, Washington, D. C. 

Rev. B. N. Murrell, D. D., Baptist Church, Peoria, 111. 

Hon. L. B. McWilliams, State representative, East St. Louie, 111. 

Mrs. J. C. Napier, educational department, N. A. C. W., Washington, D. C. 

Dr. A. J. Ochsner, physician, Chicago. 

Hon. J. J. O'Rourke, State representative, Harvey, 111. 

Rev. L. H. Owens, A. M. E., Fairfield, Iowa. 

Rev. H. J. Parker, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Buxton, Iowa. 

Mr. F. D. Patterson, Greenfield, Ohio. 

Rev. Francis J. Peterson, D. D., A. M. E., Cedar Rapids, Iowa. 

Rev. J. D. Peterson, D. D., A. M. E., Beloit, Wis. 

Mrs. E. V. Poindexter, Chicago. 

Hon. Alhert H. Putney, State Department, AVashington, D. C. 

Hon. E. F. Poorman, State representative, Mattoon, 111. 

Rev. Robert L. Pope, D. D.. A. :\I. E. Church, Denver, Colo. 

Hon. Walter M. Provine, State representative, Taylorville, 111. 

Hon. John M. Rapp, State representative, Fairfield, 111. 

Mrs. Elizabeth A. Reed, A. M., L. H. D., Chicago. 

Hon. William Riddle, mayor Atlantic City, N. J. 

Hon. Walter E.Rinehart, State representative, Effingham, 111. 

Mrs. Minnie E. Roach, Chicago. 

Rev. John W. Robinson, D. D., Chicago. 

Hon. Fred B. Roos, State representative, Forest Park, 111. 

Hon. Isaac S. Roth.schild, State representative, Chicago. 

Hon. William Rowe, State representative, Saybrook, 111. 

Hon. Frank J. Ryan, State representative, Chicago. 

Hon. John S. Schnepp, mavor Springfield, 111. 

Rev. W. A. Searcy, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Monmouth, 111. 

Hon. Harry S. Shaver, State representative, Chicago. 

Hon. Henry A. Shepard, State representative, Jerseyville, 111. 

Hon. R. E. Sherman, State representative, Chicago. 

Hon. Edward D. Shurtleff, State representative, Marengo, 111. 

Hon. S. Elmer Simpson, State representative, Carrollton, 111. 

Rev. J. P. Sims, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Keokuk, Iowa. 

Hon. Edward J. Smejkal, State representative, Cliicago. 

Rev. W. R. Sawhill, D. D., pastor Second Presbyterian Church, Waahington, Iowa. 

Hon. Harry C. Smith, editor. The Gazette, Cleveland, Ohio. 

Hon. Frank J. Snite, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. S. W. Stansberry, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Dubuque, Iowa. 

Rev. William H. Stark, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Bedford, Iowa. 

Dr. George W. Stoney, physician, Augusta, Ga. 

Rev. T. B. Stovall, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Davenport, Iowa. 

Mrs. George W. Sublett, Chicago. 

Rev. B. W. Taylor, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Des Moines, Iowa. 

Hon. John H. Taylor, State representative, Chicago. 

Rev. R. Thomas, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Kewanee, 111. 

Hon. H. C. Thompson, State representative, Piper City, 111. 

Mr. John L. Thompson, editor, Iowa Bystander, Des Moines. 

Mr. Noah D. Thompson, Los Angeles, Cal. 

Mr. P. P. Thompson, Jackson\'ille, 111. 

Rev. Wm. Tracy, D. D., Reformed Episcopal Church, Philadelphia, Pa. 

Hon. Homer J. Tice, State representative, Greenview, 111. 

Mrs. B. A. Townsend, Chicago. 

Hon. C. J. Tucker, State representative, Decatur, 111. ■ 

Mrs. Laura J. Turner, Atlanta, Ga. 

Mr. S. B. Turner, editor, Illinois Idea, Chicago. 

Mr. Zach Twyman, Monmouth, 111. 

Mrs. Maggie Walker, St. Luke's Bank, Richmond, Va. 

Rev. Thomas W. Wallace, D. D., East St. Louis, 111. 

Mr. Leigh H. Wallace, Washington National Bank, Washington, Iowa. 

Hon. S. A. T. Watkins, assistant corporation counsel, Chicago. 

Mr. Lester A. Walton, managing editor The Age, New York City. 

Mr. Charles Ward, secretary La Salle Street National Bank, Chicago. 

Hon. James A. Watson, State representative, Elizabeth Town, 111. 



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Mrs. Cecelia Webb, Evanston, 111. 
Hon. Joseph A. Weber, State representative, Chicago. 
Hon. Everett L. Wert, State representative, Oquawka, 111. 
Mrs. Olive Black Whealand, Riverton, 111. 
Rev. Abel M. White, D. D., Universalist Church, Chicago. 

Rev. John A. White, D. D., member New Jersey Emancipation Commission, Tren- 
ton, N. J. 
Mrs. Edwin Sidney Williams, New York City. 
Hon. Francis E. Williamson, State representative, Urbana, 111. 
Mrs. Mary T. Williams, Chicago. 

Mrs. Marion B. Wilkinson, Orangeburg, S. C. •■ 

Rev. J. S. Woods, D. D., A. M. E. Church, Milwaukee, Wis. 
Dr. A. Wilberforce Wilhams, physician, Chicago. 
Hon. George H. Wilson, State representative, Chicago. 
Hon. Charles L. Wood, State representative, Bluford, No. 2, 111. 
Mr. J. G. Wray, attorney at law, Chicago. 
Mr. William F. Wright, Evanston, 111. 

Mr. Dailey. Bishop Fallows iiiet ntc on my (lepaitiiie from Engle- 
wood. As I told YOU, he has devoted his life to the eleYation of man- 
kind generally, and he has shown a great interest and wants to add 
to his life some great work in behalf of the colored people. I said he 
is a man nearly SO years of age, sacrificing his time, his strength, and 
energies in behalf of these people. He became interested shortly after 
the Civil War in the elevation of the negro of this land. Col. Ste- 
vens, then major, was commandant at the nulitary institute located 
at Charleston, S. C. He held the handguard of the gun that fired the 
first shot in the War of the Rebellion. The shot was fired at the Star 
of the West, which v\"as taking supplies to Fort Sumter. Col. Ste- 
vens was afterwards elected coui;tv superi' tendent of schools in the 
county in South Caroliiia where ( liarleston is located, and his work 
was devoted and his duties called him to the work which was almost 
exclusively the work of education among the colored people. While 
his was the first voice that accompanied the first shot fired in the 
Civil War, after the war his voice was the first raised in l)ehalf of the 
education of the Negro. He afterwards became a bishop of the 
Reformed Episcopal Church. He was consecrated a bishop by 
Bishop Fallows, the chairman of tliis commission, ar;d the inspiration 
that Bishop Fallows received in behalf of these people was the inspi- 
ration which he received from Col. Stevens, afterwards Bishop Ste- 
vens, in doing something to raise these people. 

Now, gentlemen of the connnittoe, I will not trespass upon your 
time and attention much further. 1 trust you will find it in con- 
formity with your views to recommend to the Committee on Ap- 
propriations such a sum as 3'ou think is commensurate with the 
dignity of this exposition, with its character, and with the importance 
of its work. As T said brfore, what we desire more than anything 
else is to have the exposition go on, but we want it to be national in 
characi-^r, ' upported by the State of Illinois in honor of Ijer greatest 
son, and I b.dieve that thc^e p.^opF, comprising ctne-tenth of the 
people of the United States, are entitl d at least to the recommenda- 
tion of this committee faYoring tliis project and faA^oring it as a 
national in^ titution. 

Th(> Chairman. Will ycm furni h this committre with a list of those 
State's that have taken action and what their action has been? 

Mr. Dailey. There has been no action at present a^ to making ap- 
propriations. I int'^nded to convey that impression. 

Mr. Madden. I stated that fact. 



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Mr. Dailt Y. I tliink you did, Mr. Madden. 

The Chaikman. It is just a matter of correspondence with the 
executives in record to the cooperation of the States? 

Mr. Pailey. 1 tiiink it is purely a matter with the States. 

The Chairman. Just a matter of correspondence at this time. 

Mr. Dailey. Yes. It has not gotten bevond the correspondence 
stage, but the matter is ol such a character as to warrant us in 
believing that these executives mil lend their assistance in every Avay 
to make this exposition a success. I will leave Dr. Carey to speak 
upon this cjuestion of the appropriation. I can only say that I hope 
this appropriation for this exposition to be held by the colored people 
will be passed, and I wish to thank you gentlemen, in closing, for 
your kind attention. 

Mr. Madden. I would now like to present Dr. A. J. Carey, a member 
of the commission, and the pastor of one ol the largest churches in 
Chicago and one of the largest institutions of its kind in America, 
who will address the committee. 

STATEMENT OF REV. A. J. CAREY, Ph. D., D. D. 

Rev. Carey. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, the 
idea of this national celebration was born about five years ago in 
Bethel Church, Chicago, the church of which I then had the honor 
of being the pastor, and there was held the first meeting in regard to 
this movement. We were favored with the presence of Gov. Dunne, 
then governor of the State, and the members of his staff, all of whom 
made the gathering an inspiration to us with the idea that was then 
forming in our minds. Subsequently we learned of the attempts 
being made by representatives of our race from the Southland looking 
toward the holding of an exposition there in Georgia or in Alabama. 
For a while we took no further steps, waiting to see with just what 
success they would meet. In fact, there were those of us in Chicago 
assisting them as best we could that they might succeed in carrying 
out their plans. They failed, however, as you all know, and we 
sought to find the reason why. We discovered, first of all, they 
lacked their State backing. They did not come before the com- 
mittee. They did not come before Congress with the actual, sub- 
stantial backing from the States from which they came. We sought 
to avoid that, and before doing anything further we sought to get 
not only the indorsement in a moral way, but in a financial way from 
the States. We, therefore, appealed to our State legislature and 
asked them to give their indorsement in the way of an appropriation. 
We asked them for $50,000. They agreed to start us off with $25,000 
and see how well we suceeded with that, and if it indicated that we 
were going to make a success they were prepared to add to that 
appropriation. I think thus far the worK accom.plished by the 
commission appointed by the governor has been such as to commend 
itself to the State of Illinois and that there will be no hesitation in 
adding to that appropriaticn. 

Now, as to the city of Chicago, the mayor himself has already 
become actively interested in this project. He has had the commis- 
sion caU at his office, has advised and counseled with them, and has 
had the city councils pass resolutions and to pledge their support in 
every possible way. Tlie same thing has been done by the county 



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board of commissioners. It is true that the city council has made no 
appropriation nor has the board of county commissioners. That is 
due to the fact that they are not permitted under the law to make 
such an appropriation. It was suggested that the city councils of 
Chicago ought to make an appropriation of some $500,000. I am 
quite sure the city of Chicago, not through its city councils, but 
through the liberal-minded men and women in tliat city, will make 
a considerable donation to this exposition. I believe the World's 
Fair m Cliicago cost about $27,000,000, and yet a smaU proportion 
of that came from appropriations from National or State Govern- 
ments. A large amount was raised by individual subscription. Now, 
the mayor and members of the county board have pledged themselves 
to begin at once the work of securing individual appropriations and 
that the amount of money that the councils would appropriate, were 
it able to do so under tlie law, or the county board would appropriate 
if it were able to do so under tlie law, they wiU raise that amount 
tlirough individual subscriptions. The city councils of Chicago would 
gladly make the appropriation if they could. The mayor has named 
several members of the city councils as a subcommittee to cooperate 
with this commission appointed by tlie governor. The county board 
has done the same thing, and they have expressed the opinion that 
under the law they are unable to make a specific appropriation, but 
they have pledged themselves to use theu- indi^ddual efforts, and 
some of the members of the city councils have ah'eady made their in- 
di^ddual contributions, and members of the county board have pledged 
them to do the same thing. So, so far as Chicago is concerned, I am 
quite sure there will be nothing lacking on the part of the contribu- 
tions from the city of Chicago. 

Now, as to the question of location of Chicago, as to whether or 
not it will be satisfactory to the colored peo]^le of the South. I was 
born and reared in the South— in Georgia. Mv father and my grand- 
father were slaves in Georgia, and I lived tiiere long enough to know 
something of the sentiment of the peo]>le there and came in sufficiently 
close touch with the peo]>le of Chicago to know that the people of 
Chicago, of Alabama, of South Carolina, of Florioa, or in fact of the 
Southern State?, would find no place more to their liking for the holding 
of this exposition than the city of Chicago. There are several reasons 
for that, among them being the conveniences of travel that that section 
affords, for the people of that section will con e not only from the 
Southland, but from the East, and California and Montana and the 
other States of the West. They Anil come from every sectic^n of this 
great land of ours and they will come also from Liberia and Haiti and 
from the islands of the sea wherever the colored people arc and 
wherever they are making anj^kind of progress. Not only isCiiicago 
peculiai'ly adapted for this exp(>&ition en account of its railroad 
facilities and its hotel accommodations there owned by the peo])le of 
the colored race, but they can entertain their visitors and friends 
there in their own homes. Then there will be a large number of 
people, both white and colored, in 1915 who are going to California 
and these people will naturally stt)p over in Chicago, and es])ecially if 
there is an exposition being held there. The rates will be such that 
the people, both white and colored, \nll have the opportunity of at- 
tending an exposition in Chicago far better than they would one held 



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in the Southland just at this particular time. We are an ious to 
commemorate this fiftieth anniversary of negio freedom. Tiie late 
ex-Gov. Northern, of Georgia, on one occa^io said this: 

While almost the entire male population of the South was absent from heme in war, 
the women and children were left without protection except r;S it was furnished by 
the strong arm of the negroes who were slaves upon the plantations of the Southern 
States. It never occurred for a moment that there might be any uprising or any in- 
surrection to destroy our loved ones. We knew their attachmient and their loyalty. 

Proceeding he said : 

The South has made one great mistake, attributable I am sure, to poverty and the 
bitterness engendered by reconstruction, in failing to rear a monument to the slaves 
of 1860 to 1865, for their unceasing devotion to our homes and the gallant protection 
they gave the women and children of the South during the dark days of our bloody 
civil strife. If anything like it has occurred in the history of nations I have never 
read of it. 

Now, the question has occurred to our minds when and where and 
how this monument that Gov. Northern speaks of might be erected. 
Certainly not of gravel or stone or brass or of bronze, for those 
would only be passing in their effects, but somehow we feel a great 
exposition in which the negroes will take part in demonstrating just 
what they really have accomplished during those 50 years of their 
freedom will mean more to the negro himself and to tire Nation than 
any monument of brass or stone or bronze, and then, after all, Mr. 
Chairman and gentlemen, whatever may be demonstrated as to what 
the negro has accomjDlished will be an exposition of what you have 
accomplished, for, after all, it is your civihzation that has made it 
possible for the negro in America to accomplish what he has accom- 
plished notwithstanding the obstacles against which he had to con- 
tend. It has been the outstretched hand of the white man, both in 
the North and in the South, that has helped us, and it has been your 
civilization back of our people that has made it possible for ten 
millions of negroes to accomplish more in this half century than any 
other emancipated people have ever accomplished before in the world, 
and this exposition will not only be a demonstration of what those 
negroes have done, but what the white men have done in accomplish- 
ing through this once enslaved and downtrodden race their restora- 
tion to citizenship, and we feel you can well afford to make this ap- 
propriation for their own sakes to demonstrate to all the world that in 
America it matters not what a man's origin may be or what race he 
may come from, but that it is possible for him to rise to the heights. 
It will be the practical demonstration of the possibilities of men here 
upon American soil regardless of race or color, and we are asking 
this appropriation, not only for ourselves, not only to demonstrate 
what we have done, but to give you an opportunity of demonstrating 
to the world the fact that after 50 years the white men, who were 
once our masters, have so risen that they are willing to make an ap- 
propriation of $150,000 that these exslaves may show what progress 
they have made during these 50 years of their freedom amid American 
civilization and American institutions. 

Only last week I attended a convention of colored Methodists m 
the city of St. Louis. The Colored Methodist Episcopal Church is a 
branch of the Methodist Episcopal Church, with some 300,000 mem- 
bers. AU the members of that chin"cli practically live in the South- 
land. Their general conference, which represented every State, was 



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in session at St. Louis. Tho general session representing the negroes 
of the South unanimously voted in favor of the e.xposition hi Chi- 
cago. That, I think, is the answer to the question, perhaps the hest 
answer to the question, as to whether the negroes of the South are 
in favor of holding this exposition in Chicago. That conference, 
composed exclusivel}' of negroes of the South, voted unanimously 
in favor of holding this exposition at Chicago, and appointed a com- 
mittee and made an appro])riati()n to see to it that their committee 
does its work for the exposition which is to be held in Chicago. 

Now, I am quite sure you know as well as I that S35,000 for an 
appropriation in California would not do full justice either to the expo- 
sition itself, to you, or to us. If distance is in the w^ay, if Chicago is 
out of the way, certainly California is too far out of the way; and, 
then, it might be a little embarrassing to both you and ns to have 
there a sort of annex to your great fair. We would rather have a 
little fair all by ourselves than to have a small section of a great big- 
fair off in California. I think you understand just what I mean by 
that, aud to save both yourselves and ourselves embarrassment, 
instead of making an annexed a]:)propriation to a California exposi- 
tion, make a straight-out appro])riation for this exposition to be held 
in Chicago. We have started out with the purpose of making it 
national, and we thought the best thing to do vras to get our local 
people interested first. This we have done. Since then we have 
had the indorsement of several ot the States, and the representatives 
of all the colored }>eo]de in the Union are idenitfied with this move- 
ment. 

I do not think I have anything further to say, except to thank 
you gentlemen of the committee for your kind attention. 

STATEMENT OF MR. DANIEL MURRAY. 

Mr. Murray. Mi-. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, my 
connection with expositions since 1900 enables me to say there can 
be no question that if the opportunity is given the colored people they 
will make good. I do not know that I need add anything more than 
that. I was at the Paris Exposition, the Buffalo Exposition, the 
Charleston Exposition and the exposition at Knoxville and James- 
town, and on each occasion the part played by the colored people has 
justified the hope of those who were kind enough to aid them in their 
endeavors. I am sure if they are given an opportunity now they will 
justify the liberality and wisdom of the committee in making a favor- 
able recommendation of the appropriation here asked for. 

STATEMENT OF MR. GEORGE W. COOK. 

IVIr. Cook. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I have 
been South the last month and a half, and I have been surprised at 
the wonderful strides our people have been making in their moral and 
material uplift, and I can well see the good that this proposed exposi- 
tion would do for our people. I was in Mem])his, and I find the people 
there are growing independent as a people, independent as individuals, 
because the colored race are really accomplishing things, and if there 
can be assembled anvwhere in this land the things that have been 



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wrouglit by the colored man, I believe as an educator of thirty years' 
experience it will result in a great uplift to the race. I think it would 
be a great opportunity for the colored people to have this exposition. 
You know the sychology of human nature is such that a man can not 
help but be convinced by what he sees, and every time I see what my 
people are doing, as I have seen in the last month, I become inspired 
with higher hopes for the possibility of our race. 

Wlien I found that Bishop Fallows was heading a movement that 
meant so much to us I immediately gave my consent to use my name 
if he could find any way to use it, and with the indorsement of Dr. 
Carey, whom I know so well, I think there shoidd be no question as 
to the worthiness of a project w4th such men at the back of it. 

Dr. Carey. I neglected to say, Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of 
of the committee, that President Wilson has accepted the place of 
chief patron and in a strong letter to the commission pledges his 
hearty support in every possible way. 

Mr. Dailey. For the purposes of the record, I would like it to 
appear that this exhibit containing the list of names of the honorary 
vice presidents and presidents of the advisory councils are the names 
of all those who have indorsed this movement in writing. No name 
has been put on this list without the express approval of that person 
of the cause. 

STATEMENT OF MR. HENRY LINCOLN JOHNSON. 

Mr. Johnson. Mr. Chairman, and gentlemen of the committee, I 
am quite sure that Dr. Carey stated a fact when he said that if this 
proposition was left to the black man of the South, as to where to 
hold this exposition, Chicago would be the unanimous choice. 

I was dovm at my home town of Atlanta just a few days ago attend- 
ing a meeting of the Shriners. You can not have a large meeting of 
white people in America without a correspondingly large meeting of 
colored people, and we took occasion to take this matter up and ascer- 
tain what the sentiment was. We talked with the bishops and the 
leading ministers of our Methodist Church, who were in attendance 
at this meeting, and wdthout one dissenting voice they were unani- 
mous in their choice of Chicago. They would rather hold an exposi- 
tion in Chicago than to hold it in Georgia, and we have made some 
little advance m the matter of expositions so far as the State of 
Georgia is concerned. 

We people sort of look to Congress to do something definite in this 
matter of the commemoration of the freedom of the negro. There 
is a question of sentiment in it. It is a part of the birthright of this 
country, and a splendid one. It is not partisan in any respect, and 
w^e just want Congress to do something in an afhi^mative way that 
will officially recognize the fact of 50 vears of freedom of the negroes 
and what the}^ have accomplished. Nothing could be better in doing 
that than an appropriation of this kind. 

So far as the San Francisco idea is concerned the plan would not 
be feasible, because in comparison to what all the people will exhibit 
there our exhibits could not possibly loom very large. If we had an 
appr(>]:>riation for an exposition at Chicago we would feel it would be 
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show (lofiiiitoly llio <i;(Miuiiui })ride of the bhxck man aiul his struggle 
for advancement. An ex])()siti()n at Chicago woiikl be magnificently 
attended. The negroes from all over the country would i-ather go to 
Chicago than anywh<M'(^ else, and, as Dr. Car(\v has said, the ability 
of the [>eoi:)le to take care t)f all visitors there is ample. The negroes 
all over this country, as shown by the correspondence with Dr. Carey, 
and in t)ther ways, are unanimous in their desire to have Chicago as 
the place for this ex])osition, and it woidd be nuich for us and bring 
much hope in the hearts of the aspiring ytmth of our race to see some 
definite exposition of our advancement and ])rogress, as would appear 
in such an exposition. We can not go out to San Francisco because 
the exposition there will be an ex])osition of the accom])lishments of 
the American })eople, both white and colored. This pro])osition for 
an exposition at Chicago is something unique and definite. I do not 
think Congress could do anything better than to make an a]ipropria- 
tion for this purpose, and it will give ils hoi^e. It will make you feel 
that you have a real interest in our struggles aul convince you that 
we are trying to be good citizens of the community, law-abiding, 
home-owning, and home-loving. I thank you, gentlemen, for 3'our 
attention. 

STATEMENT OF MRS. A. M. CURTIS. 

Mrs. Curtis. Mr. Chairman and gentlemen of the committee, I 
have been a representative of the United States Government at all 
the expositions since 1892. I would like to say that at each one of 
the expositions the disbursements of ITnited States Government 
money for colored expositions has been by voucher. At the James- 
town Exposition we left in the United States Treasury a little over 
SI ,400. This money we asked of your committee at that time was 
the money that belonged to the colored soldiers and sailors, bounty 
money that was never claimed, and at the time of getting up this 
exposition I urged them to make an appeal to you to get the money 
of the sailors and soldieis, as we know there is siill a surplus of over 
$800,000 that was never claimed. 

Now, I do not care to say anything about the Califoinia Exposi- 
sition, as I am a naiive-born Califoi-nian, but I do wisli to say that I 
am very anxious to see tliis colored exhibii })r()nioted in Chicago, and 
I hope it may be a grand success, and that you will not object to 
making this appr(j])iiation. 

T'lie Chairman. I have jusi been handed the following telegrams, 
which 1 will read into the recoid: 

Chicaoo, 111., May 26, 1914. 
Hon. Edwin S. Underbill, 

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 

Earnestly hope that your comniitlee may favorably report House bill 15733. 

Medill McOormick. 



Chicaoo, May 21, 1914. 
Hon. Edwin S. Underhill, 

House Office Building, Washington, T). C. 
I am wiring to urge favorable action on House hill 15733. 

E. D. HULHERT. 



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Chicago, III, May 27, 1914. 
Hon. Edwin S. Underbill, 

House of Repi'esentatives, Washington, D. C. 
May I ask for the Madden bill your full support? Bill significant; the end in view 
worthy; will greatly benefit both races. As president of Bittle University, Charlotte, 
N. C, am in position to reflect Christian sentiment of southern Christians. 

H. L. McCrorey, D. D. 



Chicago, III, May ^7, 1914- 
Hon. Edwin S. Underbill, 

Chairman Committee of Industrial Arts and Expositions, 

House of Representatives, Washington, D. C. 

It is earnestly desired by the people of Illinois that House bill 15733 do pass. Thia 
exposition is national and will discover the advances made by the Negro since the 
war and will reflect with credit due this house for their support and encouragement 
of the negroes industrially, educationally, and religiously. This State may be first 
appropriation; the National Government should encourage this effort to cement per- 
manent peace between the two races. 

William McKinley, 
Speaker of the Illinois House of Representatives. 

Thereupon the committee adjourned. 



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